PMID- 38089851
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 2352-8273 (Print)
IS  - 2352-8273 (Electronic)
IS  - 2352-8273 (Linking)
VI  - 25
DP  - 2024 Mar
TI  - Fieldworker effects on quality of data collected on sensitive questions in 
      National Family Health Surveys: An analysis based on intimate partner violence in 
      India.
PG  - 101557
LID - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101557 [doi]
LID - 101557
AB  - National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has played a pivotal role in formulating 
      policies and programs by providing nationally representative data on a wide range 
      of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in population, health and 
      nutrition. However, due to measurement errors resulting in misreporting, the 
      collection of accurate data on sensitive issues in sample surveys has always been 
      a matter of concern. This study examines the fieldworker effect on the reporting 
      of physical, sexual, and emotional Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) using fifth 
      round of NFHS (2019-21) data in India. The cross-classified multi-level model was 
      used to examine the fieldworker's effect on the reporting of IPV. The fieldworker 
      effect accounted for around 32% of total variation in the reporting of intimate 
      partner violence. The fieldworker's effect varied from 26% to 41 % for physical 
      violence, 29% to 33% for emotional IPV and 30%-36% for sexual IPV. It was 
      observed that variation due to fieldworker for non-sensitive outcomes was 
      negligible.Of total variation, only 1.6% for information related to ever 
      attending school, 4.8% for ever given birth, 5% for currently pregnant and 8.5% 
      for information on ever terminated pregnancy was being explained by the 
      fieldworker. Our results indicate a significant fieldworker influence on the 
      likelihood of reporting intimate partner violence, underlining the need for an 
      increased understanding of the impact of fieldworkers on data outputs, 
      especially-but not exclusively-when queries contain delicate or stigmatized 
      themes. This study highlights the importance of providing extra guidance and 
      special training to the fieldworkers when collecting sensitive information 
      related to IPV.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Author(s).
FAU - Singh, Saurabh
AU  - Singh S
AD  - Dept. of Survey Research & Data Analytics, International Institute for Population 
      Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400088, India.
FAU - Dwivedi, Laxmi Kant
AU  - Dwivedi LK
AD  - Dept. of Survey Research & Data Analytics, International Institute for Population 
      Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400088, India.
FAU - Jana, Somnath
AU  - Jana S
AD  - Dept. of Survey Research & Data Analytics, International Institute for Population 
      Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400088, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231110
PL  - England
TA  - SSM Popul Health
JT  - SSM - population health
JID - 101678841
PMC - PMC10711512
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cross-classified Multi-level Model
OT  - Data Quality
OT  - Fieldworker's Effect
OT  - India
OT  - Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
OT  - NFHS
OT  - Sensitive Questions
COIS- This study uses a secondary data set and humans were involved in this study. 
      Informed consent was obtained from all the participants prior to the interview.
EDAT- 2023/12/13 18:42
MHDA- 2023/12/13 18:43
PMCR- 2023/11/10
CRDT- 2023/12/13 12:59
PHST- 2023/09/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/11/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/13 18:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/13 18:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/13 12:59 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/11/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2352-8273(23)00222-7 [pii]
AID - 101557 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101557 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - SSM Popul Health. 2023 Nov 10;25:101557. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101557. 
      eCollection 2024 Mar.